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Old 05-19-2009, 08:22 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Clev View Post
Interesting. Do you mean that pirated Windows is heavily used, or Linux is heavily used?
Pirated Windows of course! Thats the norm in most of Asia (and maybe Africa, but never been there).

Microsoft turned a blind eye towards these markets, as squeezing money out of our empty pockets was a losing proposition anyways, plus the penetration helped spur the acceptance of Windoze as the mainstream OS, pirated or otherwise.
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